Logitech’s Commitment to Sustainability
At Logitech, equality and the environment are core values, and we’ve made great strides to ensure they are at the center of everything we do. Sustainability is core to every design decision from the moment raw materials are sourced to the end-of-life of a product. Our ultimate purpose is to extend human potential in work and play, in a way that is good for people and the planet.
We believe products, companies, and business models should be designed for sustainability. We apply sustainable design thinking to our development processes and consider the full life-cycle impact of a product or process during the design process. Our goal is to design out adverse impacts on people and the environment and design in net positive environmental and social impact. But beyond making pledges, we’re actually walking the walk.
Logitech’s most recent annual sustainability report, titled FY24 Impact Report, marks the 16th reporting year for the company. The FY24 Impact Report intentionally reflects our expanded commitment and approach to measuring and understanding our impact and progress. Transparency is critical.
“We believe that carbon should be treated like calorie awareness, and that everyone should be aware of what they’re consuming. Taking responsibility for full life-cycle impacts of our products also means advocating for people and businesses to acknowledge carbon impact and climate change ramifications,” says Prakash Arunkundrum, COO at Logitech.
As a design-led company, we realize that the biggest opportunities to reduce environmental impact and enhance social impact arise early in the design process when key decisions about a product are made. Indeed, the sourcing and manufacture of materials, components, and products accounts for more than 50% of our total impact. So we reimagined our product development process to design for sustainability (DfS).
Design for Sustainability means that we consider sustainability as part of every design decision. It’s not an afterthought. Our in-house design and engineering teams can "design-out" impacts. We consider the full lifecycle of our products and design for low carbon impact and high recyclability.
“We have expanded our Design for Sustainability thinking across our entire existing and future portfolio to accelerate impact reductions at scale,” says Robert O’Mahony, Head of Sustainability at Logitech.
Among the achievements documented in the FY24 Impact Report are these:
- 3 in 4 products made with Next Life Plastics (post-consumer recycled plastics), eliminating more than 25,000 equivalent tons of CO2 (tCO2e) in 2023. A total of 75,000 tCO2e and over 30,000 tons of virgin plastic have been avoided since the program began in 2020.
- 66 product lines use low-carbon aluminum, produced with renewable energy, eliminating more than 13,000 tCO2e in 2023.
19% of products use FSC™-certified paper packaging, and the majority (73%) of new product introductions have moved to FSC™-certified packaging.
43% of products are PVC-free.
Across the globe, 94% of Logitech’s electricity footprint comes from direct and indirect renewable electricity purchases.
We have achieved gender parity in our Leadership Team with a 50:50 male-to-female ratio, and our Board of Directors posts 40% female representation.
